Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwi Ko Jason toku papa Ko Bella toku mama Ko David taku tungane Ko Whiore me ko Shaolyn me Ko Melissa aku tuahine Ko Heretaunga toku kainga Ko Riverslea toku kura Ko Karlee taku ingoa No reira tena koutou tena koutou tena koutou katoa
My Goals 2016
Feb
Mar
Term 3 (Extended in Term 4)
Term 4 2016
Term 4 was full of learning and activities.We had lots of things going on at Riverslea and around. We had an awesome Duffy Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger and Peter Charlton Jones. We also had the School Cross Country and also did lots of Play based learning to try to learn to share and cooperate and work together. We went to the A and P Show as well as visited Barnadoes Preschool and the Riverslea Community Preschool, who also visited us. We loved Skipping and Jump Rope for Heart. The trip to Napier and the Aquarium was fun. We had the School Prizegiving and made up our own song “The 12 Days of Riverslea Christmas” We are all looking forward to Xmas and Next year (Mrs B )
I have reached my goal for Reading and have gone up 8 levels in reading this year. I am at Level 11 which is at National Standard. I am at Stage 3 Maths which is at National Standard and have gone up from Stage 2 to Stage 3 this year. I have also gone up a level in Writing and am at National Standard. I have gone from the beginning of a level to the end of a level. Karlee
August/Sept
We are still learning and being involved in lots of activities. Our Inquiry has been about the Rio Olympics 2016. We learnt a lot about different countries and different sports. We each had our own country at the Olympics. Harmony’s country USA came first with the most medals. They got 116 medals ( 43gold, 37 silver, 36 bronze). Te Orihana came 2nd with Great Britain who got 66 medals. Kadyn had NZ who got 18 medals (4gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze). We also watched some of the ParaOlympics which made the students aware of different disabilities and how people use ways to overcome them to win medals eg Blind cyclists and runners and swimmers with only 1 leg. We had our own school Olympics which the students loved. They also got medals. Participation for the tabloids and Gold, Silver ,Bronze for the age races. It was well supported by whanau. All students have made great progress, some being a year above in Reading and 6 months above in Writing and Maths. This term Room 1 has also been involved in a NZ wide programme for Junior classes called #NZReadAloud. We connect with other classes around NZ (10 in all) from Auckland to Dunedin and share our ideas, art work, writing etc on a blog. It is all related to a common chosen book that we are all reading to our class. It is called A Booming in the Night By Ben Brown , a NZ author. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games. This Term we are learning about Cooperation (Whanaungatanga) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass. We have had ‘Getting started’ again T3 with a council funded programme on fitness and coordination skills. We have had Whaea Toni and Matua Julian this term. Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday has continued. Some of us go and read to them for 15 minutes each. They help sponser our Duffy books. We had a Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger (storyteller) and Peter Charlton-Jones (musician) and got our Duffy books for the Term.We also had 2 Role Models form Karamu High come to talk to use about being leaders. We were lucky to have Mr Kevin a Preschool Teacher volunteer time 2 days a week for most of the term. He fixed all of our school bikes for us. The children are loving being out on the bike track again. Whaea Monique (Student Teacher from last year) also volunteers in the classes 2 days a week. It is great to have her skills and empathy with the students. Another highlight for the students was a visit from 2 Magpies Chris Eaton and Matt Garland. They talked to the students about being role models and then took them for games. They loved the Touch Rugby. It has been another awesome term for Miharo (Room1).
Look at the pride.I can ride on the bike track without trainer wheels now.
School Olympics.Getting started activities.
The Magpies Rugby team.Playing Touch Rugby. My Nga Toi tile
I like all the fun things we do at school. I have gone up another 2 levels in Reading (Level 9). I am getting good at Reading and I'm good at writing and spelling words now. I am getting really good at Maths now too.I am starting Stage 3. The magpies were fun and the Duffy Assembly was funny. (Karlee)
Karlee has still been making some good progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. She is a steady reader and is still developing her word solving skills and comprehension skills well. She is also making steady progress in Maths and Writing. She is at the end of Stage 2 beginning of Stage 3 in Maths. She is progressing in Writing and rereading her stories to check that they make sense. Karlee has also gone up 2 levels in Reading. She enjoys and joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom. She likes using Reading and Maths apps on the ipads. Next we want to further extend her Reading progress. Our goal is to make accelerated progress in Reading so that she moves up several levels by the end of the year. Also to consolidate and extend her written language skills.She just at National Standard. In Maths we aim to get her in the middle of Stage 3 by the end of the year. By the end of the year be at or over the expected level for meeting National Standard in all areas. (Mrs B)
June/July
June and July were also busy months with 2 weeks holiday in July for the end of Term 2. We are all still making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry. Some students have gone up several levels in Reading and they, and others, moved up stages in Maths and Writing as well. In Inquiry we are learning about the Olympic Games in Rio in Term 3. We loved our Inquiry about Flight and learnt a lot. We always have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings. We have fun finding out the information. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky. We also have Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. We just had a Duffy Theatre performance about Time Travel and got our Duffy books for the Term. It was great fun. We also had lots of learning with our class buddies and our school buddies too. We had Irene Van Dyke a famous NZ Netballer come to speak to us. She was very tall (6ft 3 inches). She gave us all a bag from Netball Hawkes Bay and some balls for our PE gear. Paora came from the Council to help us set up a new worm garden. We got to hold the worms. They were slimy. We also had Todd and Nathan from the Army come and teach us how to march and do push ups. We are Miharo too.We are awesome
Maths Bingo with Parekawa as the Teacher.
Blowing Bubbles on the field for Flight. Marching with the Army.
Holding worms for our Worm Farm.
I like all the different things we do at school. I have gone up another level in Reading (Level 7) and I am going on Level 8 in a few weeks. I still love Reading.I am getting really good at writing and spelling words now. I am getting really good at Maths now too.I am on Stage 2. I liked blowing bubbles. I could blow heaps of them. The Duffy Theatre was fun. I liked my new book. (Karlee)
Karlee has been making some good progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. She is a steady reader and is developing her word solving skills and comprehension skills well. She goes to a Teacher's aide (Miss Hall) for extra Literacy skills. She is also making steady progress in Maths and Writing. She has gone up a level in each Maths and Writing and 2 levels in Reading. She enjoys and joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom. She likes using Reading apps on the ipads. Next we want to further extend her Reading progress. Our goal is to make accelerated progress so that she stays at National Standard level which she is just achieving. Also to consolidate and extend her written language skills.She just at National Standard. In Maths to Stage 3 by the end of the year.She is at Stage 2 now. By the end of the year be over the expected level for meeting National Standard in all areas. (Mrs B)
April/May
We are all making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry too. In Inquiry we are learning about Flight and how it effects people, animals and insects. We have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings. They are up on our Inquiry wall for everyone to keep looking at and thinking about. As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games. This Term we are learning about Resilience (Taikaha) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass. We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins. We are learning lots of waiata. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each still. They help sponser our Duffy books. We had a Role Model Assembly and got our Duffy books for the Term. We also had a visit from Harold and the Life Education Truck with Whaea Anne. We all like Harold. We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Life Education Truck. Kiwi Can Statutes game.
Assembly Award for Caught being good Reading. Learning to write wordson whiteboards.
I like school now.I am learning lots of things. I have gone up 2 levels in Reading and I am on Level 5 now. I am getting good at Maths.We have been learning about Time. I like writing stories.I use my imagination and try to spell some of my own words. I liked it when Harold came and when I got a book at Assembly. (Karlee)
I have continuing to encourage Nga Kaari in Reading and she has made some very good progress. Her word solving skills and story comprehension have really improved. She is still making good progress in Writing and very good progress in Maths. She is keen to learn new things and always tries her best. I will continue to give her lots of praise and encouragement to develop this independence and progress. (Mrs B)
March
We had an amazing March. Lots of learning and exciting activities. We even re-wrote our Goals as many students had already achieved them in one month. We continued with Getting Started ( Fitness /coordination programme), Kiwi Can (social skills & games), Patu(Maori fitness & sports programme) Grandparent’s reading(Rotary),Kapa Haka(Junior & Senior) and even found time to have a Dress up day as Heroes or Heroines. The students in Room 1 are loving learning and making great progress. We are Miharo.We rock. We show Aroha, Kaha and Mana.
We listen to our buddies. Dress Up Day.
Kapa Haka. Getting Started.
Being one of the 3 Little Pigs in a Finger Puppet play. Getting Started, inside on a wet day.
I am getting better at Maths.I can count and use counters to help me add up. I do Reading and Writing with Mrs Bennett too.I am getting better at those too. I like Kapa Haka.It is lots of fun.I go to Early Words with Mrs Donaldson. I liked doing the Finger Puppet play in front of the lady. (Karlee)
Karlee is beginning to take an interest in her school work and is starting to progress steadily. She is at Level 4 for Reading, 1B for Writing and Stage 2 for Maths, I will continue to give her lots of encouragement and praise to build up her self confidence in learning. I will ensure this by giving her lots of 1 to 1 to assist her to move through the levels in Reading, Writing and Maths. She also goes to Mrs Donaldson, a voluntary Teacher's aide for Early words phonics. This is to help build up her Reading and Writing vocabulary. Karlee's attitude has improved and she is now more settled in class and interested in learning (Mrs B)
February
February 2016. What a fabulous start to 2016. Room 1, (Miharo-because we are awesome), started learning straight away. No-one had forgotten their Reading and all came back to school at the same level. Two groups have moved up to the next level in just 3 weeks. We are all awesome at Maths and Story-writing and Inquiry too. In Inquiry we are learning about, “What Fairy Tales can teach us. "We love learning about all the stories and doing some of them with finger puppets. We are retelling them to our buddies or the class. We even did a play to the rest of the school with the finger puppets on Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, as well as a wall story. On Tuesdays we have Matua Jackson from Patu come and visit us. He takes us for Fitness and games for 40 minutes. We also have Getting Started again with Whaea Toni for ½ hour every Wed afternoon and Fri morning for ½ hour. We learn co-ordination and fitness. We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins. On Wednesday morning we have Kiwi Can with Whaea Adele and Matua Rocky for ½ hour. We learn about Respect for ourselves, others and property. We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday. Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each. They help sponser our Duffy books. We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Patu (Fitness) with Matua Jackson. Kiwi Can with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky.
Getting Started with Whaea Toni
Our Inquiry on Fairy Tales. Karlee as a monster.
I like playing all the activities we are doing this year. I like playing soccer with Matua Jackson and doing the relays. I think my mask is cool. I am a big monster. I did the 3 chairs for our wall story about Goldilocks and put them on the wall. I am Reading at Level 3 now.I am learning words. (Karlee)
A small class is helping the learning in Reading Maths and Writing as the students are making excellent progress. We started Reading on the 2nd day of Term 1 and already Karlee has gone up to a new level. She is beginning to progress well in Story-writing and Maths now too. (Mrs B)
2015
My Goals 2015
1. Learn to read books up to Level 5. 2.Learn to count numbers up to 30. 3. Learn to ride a bike on the Pump track fast.
Nov/Dec
Inquiry, ICT Visitors and Visiting.
A busy couple of months with lots of action and learning in Room 1. The Firemen visited us to teach us about fire safety. We know to get down, get low, get out fast. We also learnt lots when the Mobile Learning Centre came to Riverslea School. We used Robots,3D google cardboard,3D printers and ipads and apple computers. It was fun, we learnt lots and all had turns at using everything. We have been finding out all sorts of interesting things about space and the Solar system and planets in our Inquiry T4.We visited the Planetarium as well. The Hakinakina Athletics and Tabloids were fun. We also had a swim there. We had some fun end of year activities too like visiting and playing at the new playground at Windsor park. We also had a Wet and Wild fun day. We loved our Xmas glasses, our Secret Santas and all the candy canes and chocolate Santas we kept getting. Lots of us achieved our goals in learning. 2015 was a great year. Miharo is awesome. Merry Xmas everyone.
We did 3D printing and made toys.I did some Nga Toi on the bike sheds too.
Wet and wild. It was fun at the new playground.
I liked using the computers the robots and making the toys on the printer.
I did some Nga toi for the Bike shed. I loved the wet and wild .It was fun.
So was the new playground at Windsor Park.
I can read up to Level 3. I am learning my alphabet and some words.
I know 20 letters of the alphabet now.
I am trying to write words in my stories too. I can count to 30.
I can ride a bike on the pump track but not fast yet.
(Karlee)
October
Trips learning and fun.
We have had lots of learning and fun in Room 1 again this month. We have still been learning lots with our buddies and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things. We have learnt about Augumented Reality . That is when the pictures we look at with the ipad stand out and move. I like the alphabet animals and the dinosaurs They are cool. We have been involved in Nga Toi. We are making panels to put on the bike container. We showed our wheku masks at Assembly. Everyone liked them. We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ‘The Solar System’. We are learning lots of things about space and planets. It is really interesting. We are still making great progress in Reading, Writing and Maths. Some of us have gone up 12 levels in Reading this year already. Mr Twinn came to visit us again the other day. He showed us lots of photos of his trip to Scotland and England. We liked the castles and big mountain that he climbed (Ben Nevis) best of all. Our two trips were awesome. Look at the photos on our wikis and the school Facebook. The Omnigym was great .We learnt how to do lots of activities and use lots of equipment like bars, mats, benches, tramps, ropes and beams. We all loved the Fun trip to the Skatepark. We had fun on scooters and skateboards and on the playground. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
End of Term CBG prizes. Wheku masks at assembly.
Mr Twinn visited. Jump Jam.
Loved the playground at the skatepark
Omnigym trip
I loved the Omnigym and the skatepark trips best of all (Karlee)
The children continued to learn both in books and on the ipads. They were involved in making art panels for the Bike shed in Nga Toi. They also started Jump Jam for Fitness every morning as a whole school. The trip to the Omnigym and Skatepark helped reinforce physical activity skills and fun (Mrs B)
September
Lots to learn and do.
In September we have still been learning and having fun in Room 1. We enjoy using the ipads for learning new things especially on SkoolBo. Hemara got a trophy, for the school, from them for getting 10,000 points. PMP is nearly finished. We have learnt lots of new activities and skills. We have finished our Inquiry “All About Me,” on ourselves and our whanau and friends and our healthy bodies. We know lots of things about our Inquiry now. We got some great results for reading and writing and Maths this term and have made some excellent progress in those areas. The best fun was the Hakinakina Cross country. We got 1st (Van) 2nd (Boyden) and 3rd (Hemara) in the Year 2 boys and 2nd (Hohepa) in the Year 1 Boys. The girls ran well too. The Duffy Role Model Assembly was great with Rob Mokoraka. We also got our Duffy books which were fabulous. Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Learning 'All About Me', in our Inquiry. The Hakinakina Cross Country
Learning about shapes on the ipad and making people for my story.
Reading my new Duffy Books.
I am learning lots on the ipads.I am good Skoolbo too. I like it.. I like PMP and running too. I am reading harder books. I am nearly at Level 2. I can write and copy some words and tell my stories too. (Karlee)
I like all the things that the students get involved in. Was very proud of the tamariki at the Hakinakina sports. PMP has stopped because of the price. I am going to hook into some training so that next year I can present the programme independently. ipad app learning is going well. I introduce an app and then let the students try it out themselves. Often they can come back 15 minutes later and show me something that I did not know. Karlee is nearly at Level 2 in Reading now. She is making really good progress. Nanny listens to her read at home too. Karlee can write and copy some words now and is at Stage 1 Maths.(Mrs B)
Table of Contents
2016
Pepeha
Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwiKo Jason toku papa
Ko Bella toku mama
Ko David taku tungane
Ko Whiore me ko Shaolyn me Ko Melissa aku tuahine
Ko Heretaunga toku kainga
Ko Riverslea toku kura
Ko Karlee taku ingoa
No reira
tena koutou
tena koutou
tena koutou
katoa
My Goals 2016
Feb
Mar
Term 3 (Extended in Term 4)
Term 4 2016
Term 4 was full of learning and activities.We had lots of things going on at Riverslea and around.We had an awesome Duffy Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger and Peter Charlton Jones.
We also had the School Cross Country and also did lots of Play based learning
to try to learn to share and cooperate and work together.
We went to the A and P Show as well as visited Barnadoes Preschool
and the Riverslea Community Preschool, who also visited us.
We loved Skipping and Jump Rope for Heart.
The trip to Napier and the Aquarium was fun.
We had the School Prizegiving and made up our own song “The 12 Days of Riverslea Christmas”
We are all looking forward to Xmas and Next year
(Mrs B )
I have reached my goal for Reading and have gone up 8 levels in reading this year.
I am at Level 11 which is at National Standard.
I am at Stage 3 Maths which is at National Standard
and have gone up from Stage 2 to Stage 3 this year.
I have also gone up a level in Writing and am at National Standard.
I have gone from the beginning of a level to the end of a level.
Karlee
August/Sept
We are still learning and being involved in lots of activities. Our Inquiry has been about the Rio Olympics 2016.We learnt a lot about different countries and different sports. We each had our own country at the Olympics.
Harmony’s country USA came first with the most medals. They got 116 medals ( 43gold, 37 silver, 36 bronze).
Te Orihana came 2nd with Great Britain who got 66 medals. Kadyn had NZ who got 18 medals (4gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze).
We also watched some of the ParaOlympics which made the students aware of different disabilities
and how people use ways to overcome them to win medals eg Blind cyclists and runners and swimmers with only 1 leg.
We had our own school Olympics which the students loved. They also got medals. Participation for the tabloids
and Gold, Silver ,Bronze for the age races. It was well supported by whanau.
All students have made great progress, some being a year above in Reading and 6 months above in Writing and Maths.
This term Room 1 has also been involved in a NZ wide programme for Junior classes called #NZReadAloud.
We connect with other classes around NZ (10 in all) from Auckland to Dunedin and share our ideas, art work,
writing etc on a blog. It is all related to a common chosen book that we are all reading to our class.
It is called A Booming in the Night By Ben Brown , a NZ author.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games.
This Term we are learning about Cooperation (Whanaungatanga) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass.
We have had ‘Getting started’ again T3 with a council funded programme on fitness and coordination skills.
We have had Whaea Toni and Matua Julian this term.
Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday has continued.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 minutes each. They help sponser our Duffy books.
We had a Role Model Assembly with Mary Kippenberger (storyteller) and Peter Charlton-Jones (musician)
and got our Duffy books for the Term.We also had 2 Role Models form Karamu High come to talk to use about being leaders.
We were lucky to have Mr Kevin a Preschool Teacher volunteer time 2 days a week for most of the term.
He fixed all of our school bikes for us. The children are loving being out on the bike track again.
Whaea Monique (Student Teacher from last year) also volunteers in the classes 2 days a week.
It is great to have her skills and empathy with the students.
Another highlight for the students was a visit from 2 Magpies Chris Eaton and Matt Garland.
They talked to the students about being role models and then took them for games.
They loved the Touch Rugby.
It has been another awesome term for Miharo (Room1).
Look at the pride.I can ride on the bike track without trainer wheels now.
School Olympics.Getting started activities.
The Magpies Rugby team.Playing Touch Rugby. My Nga Toi tile
I like all the fun things we do at school.
I have gone up another 2 levels in Reading (Level 9).
I am getting good at Reading and I'm good at writing and spelling words now.
I am getting really good at Maths now too.I am starting Stage 3.
The magpies were fun and the Duffy Assembly was funny.
(Karlee)
Karlee has still been making some good progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
She is a steady reader and is still developing her word solving skills and
comprehension skills well.
She is also making steady progress in Maths and Writing.
She is at the end of Stage 2 beginning of Stage 3 in Maths.
She is progressing in Writing and rereading her stories to check that they make sense.
Karlee has also gone up 2 levels in Reading.
She enjoys and joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom.
She likes using Reading and Maths apps on the ipads.
Next we want to further extend her Reading progress.
Our goal is to make accelerated progress in Reading so that she moves up several levels by the end of the year.
Also to consolidate and extend her written language skills.She just at National Standard.
In Maths we aim to get her in the middle of Stage 3 by the end of the year.
By the end of the year be at or over the expected level for meeting National Standard in all areas.
(Mrs B)
June/July
June and July were also busy months with 2 weeks holiday in July for the end of Term 2.We are all still making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry.
Some students have gone up several levels in Reading
and they, and others, moved up stages in Maths and Writing as well.
In Inquiry we are learning about the Olympic Games in Rio in Term 3.
We loved our Inquiry about Flight and learnt a lot.
We always have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings.
We have fun finding out the information.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky.
We also have Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
We just had a Duffy Theatre performance about Time Travel and got our Duffy books for the Term.
It was great fun.
We also had lots of learning with our class buddies and our school buddies too.
We had Irene Van Dyke a famous NZ Netballer come to speak to us. She was very tall (6ft 3 inches).
She gave us all a bag from Netball Hawkes Bay and some balls for our PE gear.
Paora came from the Council to help us set up a new worm garden. We got to hold the worms. They were slimy.
We also had Todd and Nathan from the Army come and teach us how to march and do push ups.
We are Miharo too.We are awesome
Maths Bingo with Parekawa as the Teacher.
Blowing Bubbles on the field for Flight. Marching with the Army.
Holding worms for our Worm Farm.I like all the different things we do at school.
I have gone up another level in Reading (Level 7) and I am going on Level 8 in a few weeks.
I still love Reading.I am getting really good at writing and spelling words now.
I am getting really good at Maths now too.I am on Stage 2.
I liked blowing bubbles. I could blow heaps of them.
The Duffy Theatre was fun. I liked my new book.
(Karlee)
Karlee has been making some good progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
She is a steady reader and is developing her word solving skills and
comprehension skills well.
She goes to a Teacher's aide (Miss Hall) for extra Literacy skills.
She is also making steady progress in Maths and Writing.
She has gone up a level in each Maths and Writing
and 2 levels in Reading.
She enjoys and joins in all activities inside and outside the classroom.
She likes using Reading apps on the ipads.
Next we want to further extend her Reading progress.
Our goal is to make accelerated progress so that she stays at National Standard level
which she is just achieving.
Also to consolidate and extend her written language skills.She just at National Standard.
In Maths to Stage 3 by the end of the year.She is at Stage 2 now.
By the end of the year be over the expected level for meeting National Standard in all areas.
(Mrs B)
April/May
We are all making awesome progress in Reading, Maths, Story-writing and Inquiry too.In Inquiry we are learning about Flight and how it effects people, animals and insects.
We have some great questions to find out about in our wonderings.
They are up on our Inquiry wall for everyone to keep looking at and thinking about.
As usual we are busy with Fitness and Kiwi Can skills and games.
This Term we are learning about Resilience (Taikaha) with Matua Rocky and Whaea Cass.
We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins.
We are learning lots of waiata.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each still.
They help sponser our Duffy books.
We had a Role Model Assembly and got our Duffy books for the Term.
We also had a visit from Harold and the Life Education Truck with Whaea Anne.
We all like Harold.
We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Life Education Truck. Kiwi Can Statutes game.
Assembly Award for Caught being good Reading. Learning to write wordson whiteboards.
I like school now.I am learning lots of things.
I have gone up 2 levels in Reading and I am on Level 5 now.
I am getting good at Maths.We have been learning about Time.
I like writing stories.I use my imagination and try to spell some of my own words.
I liked it when Harold came and when I got a book at Assembly. (Karlee)
I have continuing to encourage Nga Kaari in Reading and she has made some very good progress.
Her word solving skills and story comprehension have really improved.
She is still making good progress in Writing and very good progress in Maths.
She is keen to learn new things and always tries her best.
I will continue to give her lots of praise and encouragement to develop this independence and progress.
(Mrs B)
March
We had an amazing March. Lots of learning and exciting activities.We even re-wrote our Goals as many students had already achieved
them in one month.
We continued with Getting Started ( Fitness /coordination programme),
Kiwi Can (social skills & games), Patu(Maori fitness & sports programme)
Grandparent’s reading(Rotary),Kapa Haka(Junior & Senior)
and even found time to have a Dress up day as Heroes or Heroines.
The students in Room 1 are loving learning and making great progress.
We are Miharo.We rock. We show Aroha, Kaha and Mana.
We listen to our buddies. Dress Up Day.
Kapa Haka. Getting Started.
Being one of the 3 Little Pigs in a Finger Puppet play. Getting Started, inside on a wet day.
I am getting better at Maths.I can count and use counters to help me add up.
I do Reading and Writing with Mrs Bennett too.I am getting better at those too.
I like Kapa Haka.It is lots of fun.I go to Early Words with Mrs Donaldson.
I liked doing the Finger Puppet play in front of the lady.
(Karlee)
Karlee is beginning to take an interest in her school work and is starting to progress steadily.
She is at Level 4 for Reading, 1B for Writing and Stage 2 for Maths,
I will continue to give her lots of encouragement and praise to build up her self confidence in learning.
I will ensure this by giving her lots of 1 to 1 to assist her to move through the levels in Reading, Writing and Maths.
She also goes to Mrs Donaldson, a voluntary Teacher's aide for Early words phonics.
This is to help build up her Reading and Writing vocabulary.
Karlee's attitude has improved and she is now more settled in class and interested in learning
(Mrs B)
February
February 2016.What a fabulous start to 2016. Room 1, (Miharo-because we are awesome),
started learning straight away.
No-one had forgotten their Reading and all came back to school at the same level.
Two groups have moved up to the next level in just 3 weeks.
We are all awesome at Maths and Story-writing and Inquiry too.
In Inquiry we are learning about, “What Fairy Tales can teach us.
"We love learning about all the stories and doing some of them with finger puppets.
We are retelling them to our buddies or the class.
We even did a play to the rest of the school with the finger puppets on
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, as well as a wall story.
On Tuesdays we have Matua Jackson from Patu come and visit us.
He takes us for Fitness and games for 40 minutes.
We also have Getting Started again with Whaea Toni for ½ hour
every Wed afternoon and Fri morning for ½ hour.
We learn co-ordination and fitness.
We love Kapa Haka with Whaea Manaea and Matua Justin on Thursday mornings for 40 mins.
On Wednesday morning we have Kiwi Can with Whaea Adele and Matua Rocky for ½ hour.
We learn about Respect for ourselves, others and property.
We like Grandparent’s reading with the Rotary Grandparents every Friday.
Some of us go and read to them for 15 mins each. They help sponser our Duffy books.
We love school. It is awesome and we are Miharo too.
Patu (Fitness) with Matua Jackson. Kiwi Can with Whaea Cass and Matua Rocky.
Getting Started with Whaea Toni
Our Inquiry on Fairy Tales. Karlee as a monster.
I like playing all the activities we are doing this year.
I like playing soccer with Matua Jackson and doing the relays.
I think my mask is cool. I am a big monster.
I did the 3 chairs for our wall story about Goldilocks and put them on the wall.
I am Reading at Level 3 now.I am learning words. (Karlee)
A small class is helping the learning in Reading Maths and Writing
as the students are making excellent progress.
We started Reading on the 2nd day of Term 1
and already Karlee has gone up to a new level.
She is beginning to progress well in Story-writing and Maths now too. (Mrs B)
2015
My Goals 2015
1. Learn to read books up to Level 5.2. Learn to count numbers up to 30.
3. Learn to ride a bike on the Pump track fast.
Nov/Dec
Inquiry, ICT Visitors and Visiting.
A busy couple of months with lots of action and learning in Room 1.
The Firemen visited us to teach us about fire safety.
We know to get down, get low, get out fast.
We also learnt lots when the Mobile Learning Centre came to Riverslea School.
We used Robots,3D google cardboard,3D printers and ipads and apple computers.
It was fun, we learnt lots and all had turns at using everything.
We have been finding out all sorts of interesting things about space and the Solar system
and planets in our Inquiry T4.We visited the Planetarium as well.
The Hakinakina Athletics and Tabloids were fun. We also had a swim there.
We had some fun end of year activities too like visiting
and playing at the new playground at Windsor park.
We also had a Wet and Wild fun day.
We loved our Xmas glasses, our Secret Santas and
all the candy canes and chocolate Santas we kept getting.
Lots of us achieved our goals in learning.
2015 was a great year.
Miharo is awesome.
Merry Xmas everyone.
We did 3D printing and made toys.I did some Nga Toi on the bike sheds too.
Wet and wild. It was fun at the new playground.
I liked using the computers the robots and making the toys on the printer.
I did some Nga toi for the Bike shed. I loved the wet and wild .It was fun.
So was the new playground at Windsor Park.
I can read up to Level 3. I am learning my alphabet and some words.
I know 20 letters of the alphabet now.
I am trying to write words in my stories too. I can count to 30.
I can ride a bike on the pump track but not fast yet.
(Karlee)
October
Trips learning and fun.
We have had lots of learning and fun in Room 1 again this month.
We have still been learning lots with our buddies
and enjoying using the ipads for learning new things.
We have learnt about Augumented Reality .
That is when the pictures we look at with the ipad stand out and move.
I like the alphabet animals and the dinosaurs They are cool.
We have been involved in Nga Toi. We are making panels to put on the bike container.
We showed our wheku masks at Assembly. Everyone liked them.
We have been having a focus for Inquiry on ‘The Solar System’.
We are learning lots of things about space and planets. It is really interesting.
We are still making great progress in Reading, Writing and Maths.
Some of us have gone up 12 levels in Reading this year already.
Mr Twinn came to visit us again the other day.
He showed us lots of photos of his trip to Scotland and England.
We liked the castles and big mountain that he climbed (Ben Nevis) best of all.
Our two trips were awesome. Look at the photos on our wikis and the school Facebook.
The Omnigym was great .We learnt how to do lots of activities
and use lots of equipment like bars, mats, benches, tramps, ropes and beams.
We all loved the Fun trip to the Skatepark.
We had fun on scooters and skateboards and on the playground.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
End of Term CBG prizes. Wheku masks at assembly.
Mr Twinn visited. Jump Jam.
Loved the playground at the skatepark
Omnigym trip
I loved the Omnigym and the skatepark trips best of all (Karlee)
The children continued to learn both in books and on the ipads.
They were involved in making art panels for the Bike shed in Nga Toi.
They also started Jump Jam for Fitness every morning as a whole school.
The trip to the Omnigym and Skatepark helped reinforce physical activity skills and fun
(Mrs B)
September
Lots to learn and do.
In September we have still been learning and having fun in Room 1.We enjoy using the ipads for learning new things especially on SkoolBo.
Hemara got a trophy, for the school, from them for getting 10,000 points.
PMP is nearly finished. We have learnt lots of new activities and skills.
We have finished our Inquiry “All About Me,” on ourselves and our whanau
and friends and our healthy bodies. We know lots of things about our Inquiry now.
We got some great results for reading and writing and Maths this term
and have made some excellent progress in those areas.
The best fun was the Hakinakina Cross country. We got 1st (Van) 2nd (Boyden) and 3rd (Hemara)
in the Year 2 boys and 2nd (Hohepa) in the Year 1 Boys. The girls ran well too.
The Duffy Role Model Assembly was great with Rob Mokoraka.
We also got our Duffy books which were fabulous.
Room 1 is Miharo and we are awesome.
Learning 'All About Me', in our Inquiry. The Hakinakina Cross Country
Learning about shapes on the ipad and making people for my story.
Reading my new Duffy Books.
I am learning lots on the ipads.I am good Skoolbo too.
I like it..
I like PMP and running too.
I am reading harder books. I am nearly at Level 2.
I can write and copy some words and tell my stories too.
(Karlee)
I like all the things that the students get involved in.
Was very proud of the tamariki at the Hakinakina sports.
PMP has stopped because of the price.
I am going to hook into some training so that next year I can present
the programme independently.
ipad app learning is going well.
I introduce an app and then let the students try it out themselves.
Often they can come back 15 minutes later and show me something that I did not know.
Karlee is nearly at Level 2 in Reading now. She is making really good progress.
Nanny listens to her read at home too.
Karlee can write and copy some words now and is at Stage 1 Maths.(Mrs B)